texas, by the rio grande and connected by the bridge of the americas. and don teague reports the latest victims of the drug violence are american students. ♪ amazing grace... >> reporter: mourning at the universityf texas, el paso, where friends and family gathered monday to remember two students who were ambushed and murdered while driving in neighboring juarez, mexico. >> we will miss your unique charm and cherish the moments. >> these are great men, great people that wanted to achieve something, wanted to be something in life. >> reporter: 23-year-old eder diaz and 25-year-old manuel acosta, who are both u.s. citizens, lived with their families in juarez just a few miles from campus. they are the second and third students killed in the city this year. their deaths bring the total number of americans murdered there last week to six. utep is one of the safest urban nations in the colleges, but at least 1,400 of the students here don't live in el paso, they live across the boarder in one of the most dangerous cities in n the world. among them, this utep senior, so afraid of the violence at home she does not want us to reveal her identity. she spends each school day safely in the u.s., then retur

the three new teams include texas state, university of denver and university of texas san antonio. >> we are recruiting in texas now, which will be good for us. i lived there for four years. there is a lot of good high school football there. football is important this texas, i can promise you that. >> this is the first time they will be having teams from texas in their conference since 2005. >>> with just three games left in the season, headling into their final home match last weekend the spartan volleyball faced the toughest game yet against visiting hawaii. >> you would have thought it was a hawaii home game as the spartan gym was filled with the color green. but the spartan tans gave a -- spartan tween brands gave a great -- the spartans gave a great effort. here, a set is spiked at home to put hawaii up four. set number one hawaii, 25-17. things didn't get any easier in the second set. hawaii's consistent and powerful attack were too much for san jose to handle as set number two ended 25-17. the spartans showed a lot of fight. hannah bloom had a team high 13 kills. that pie i won

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. >> college-wise i want to go to yale, m.i.t., the school called texas christian university, or harvard. >> i think every time a graduate walks through the door, and he is proud of himself, and on the road to something meaningful for his life, it's just the greatest feeling, and they're just great kids. >> and they're kids who carry high expectations that they'll give back to these schools and their communities, helping to break the cycle of poverty. for religion & ethics newsweekly, i'm deborah potter in washington d.c. >>> it's often observed, fairly or not, that doctors and nurses in hospitals can become so focused on the science and technology of medicine, and have so much to do, that they don't have enough time for counseling and compassion, also known as tender loving care. enter hospital chaplains, who do take time to sit with patients, and comfort them. typically, chaplains are christians and jews and muslims, but at beth israel medical center in new york there's a special program for training buddhist chaplains. betty rollin has our story. >> and instead of pushing that pain aw

. >>> a texas university student is now the fifth american to die across the border in mexico in the last week. victims were all el paso residents. they were shot while visiting siudad juarez. that's known as mexico's murder capital. you're looking at video from sunday. that's when a young woman and a high school student were shot in an suv. on saturday, a man was shot on the porch of a house. and on friday, a woman was killed in a tortilla shop. yesterday's victim was a 23- year-old business major from the university of texas in el paso. >>> free uc berkeley graduate sarah shourd took place in a candlelight vigil. she is pushing to release jane bower and josh vital. >> they are peace activists and global citizens. and they do not deserve for any reason to be behind bars. they committed no crimes. we committed no crimes. >> reporter: they were supposed to go on trial this week. but the trial was postponed. iranian officials said that's because shourd was not officially summoned. she said she is not going to iran at the moment because her mother is in the hospital. >>> you tube has vi

texas residents shot while visiting mexico's murder capal. a young woman and high school student were shot in an suv yesterday's victims was a 23- year-old business major from the universityf texas. >>> trope cal depression tomas is creating fear and con fusion among january survivors of the earthquake. more than 1 million people have livid since the quake. it could regain hurricane strength before then. >>> the volcano kay know erupted again today shooting white clouds and ash 20,000 feet into the sky. drivers in cities 20-miles away are having to use headlights in the middle of the day. the pressure apparently billing inside the crater may mean the worst is yet to cop. >> wow. >>> time now 6:48. >>> a lot happening in the commute. and keeping an eye on san jose. what's the latest there? >>> they have made progress because, i'm going to show a live picture here. they have righted the truck. and you can see here is them sweeping up the lanes with the sweeper because there was debris that. truck is back on the wheels here. and that's the clearing stage. they can now get it out of there. it's going to take a little while longer. but we have seen progress as you saw earlier

texas. u.s. and mexican authorities say the victim was a student at the university of texas at el paso. death tuesday night with a mexican classmate. most killings along the border are blamed on mexico's violent drug cartels which cater to the u.s. demand for illegal drugs. increasingly the smugglers get across the border by going under it. here's sandra hughes. >> reporter: immigration and customs officials made one of the largest marijuana seizures in southern california history. they stopped a truck filled with 10 tons of pot then discovered where it picked up the drugs, a warehouse where they found ten more tons of dope. >> this is obviously the work of the cartels. this is obviously the work of organized crime. >> reporter: inside the warehouse, authorities uncovered a tunnel that spanned about 600 yards and came up inside another warehouse in mexico. there, another four tons of marijuana was discovered. >> some type of system, you know, with a cart. >> did have a railway system, ventilation, and lighting. >> reporter: since the early 1990s, about 125 such tunnels of varying degree

all of her letters were in the university of texas, the great archives of the world. i was able to go on a traumatic day and see she had neatly kept hundreds of letters that my father and family wrote to each other in the 20s. i saw patterns, the anger that had gone on 60 years before i was on the planet that became stamped on us. it became our dna. >> anything that helped you get insight as to why so much of your brother's anger and passion into what you regarded as coo coo politics? >> that is an interesting question. it is hard. what i have learned is, i have written biographies, bingham family of louisville. we take a letter of a piece of evidence, there is a ah-huh, this anger daughter wrote a letter to her father. my grandfather working away in san antonio then adored this daughter, book dedicated to him.

all of her letters were in the university of texas, the great archives of the world. i was able to go on a traumatic day and see she had neatly kept hundreds of letters that my father and family wrote to each other in the 20s. i saw patterns, the anger that had gone on 60 years before i was on the planet that became stamped on us. it became our dna. >> anything that helped you get insight as to why so much of your

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we went to five engineering schools in louisiana and texas last week, lsu, university of texas, university of louisiana lafayette, texas a&m, university of houston. and in response to our, my appearance there we got well in excess of 100 applications for both engineering positions and inspector positions. we had a job announcement more generally that was open for only two weeks, and we had in excess of 400 applications for a total of 30 inspector positions, 30 petroleum engineer positions and between 15 and 20 summer internship positions. so to say that the response has exceeded our expectations would be a vast understatement, so -- >> we'll leave this program at this point to go to the national commission on the bp deepwater horizon oil spill hearing holding their fifth series of meetings, and their continuing their investigation into last april's gulf of mexico. .. >> legal and knowledge of offshore operations. they include frances by nikki, the present of the natural resources defense council. doctor donald bosch, president of the university of maryland center for environmental science.

. >> reporter: every thursday afternoon, students at the university of texas austin, gather to play gid potter, they fly on broomsticks. but these competitors play differently. the way muggles could. >> muggles are regular people. not wizards. >> that's what they call it in harry potter. they're people that aren't -- that don't know magic. >> reporter: a lack of magic hasn't stopped the sport from growing. quidditch has spread to 200 campuses nationwide. this weekend, the world cup will be held in new york city. >> it's a great way to take a fantasy world into the physical. >> reporter: that drove matthew drake to start a team at the university of massachusetts two years ago. >> you're running around with a broom between your legs. you're acting like a 5-year-old. there's not much other sports like that when you can bring out your inner kid. >> reporter: drake serves as the snitch, what he calls the most important position on the field. >> i can trip them. i can steal their broom. i can get in everybody's way. the reason the snitch is so fun, they're sort of the jester of the game. >> r

it's at southern methodist university in texas. >> the robust sales it has had don't surprise me in the least. two years after your tour at the white house ended, judgments are a little more measured than they were when times have had tough and the critics have been loud, you've said you had faith in history's judgment and history is beginning to come around. ten years have passed since governor bushed asked me to be his running mate. in the days right before that decision point, we spent some time getting to know each other better. i suppose he was taking my measure. i know i was watching him pretty closely, too. there are some basic attributes in a fellow who may become president. to dust off a phrase from the 2000 campaigns, i saw those traits in this guy, big time. one of the things that struck me from the beginning and that continued to impress me throughout our time in office was george bush's refusal to put on heirs. it's a happy experience. and a rare one to find that the most powerful person you know is among the least pre

you can't be a public school teacher in new york or texas by getting your degree at the university ofhoenix. but it seems our initial investigation did provoke some positive change at the school. we sent an undercover producer back twice recently, and both times, the recruiter didn't say anything misleading to our producers. >> if you live in the state of new york, we can't enroll for education for you because the new york requirement for education is totally different than what we can enroll for. >> still, larry said his experience at remington makes him skeptical. he says so many of the for-profit schools are making so much money, it may be hard to change their ways. >> they're more concerned about the bottom line, what is the bottom figure on the student? they look at how much money did we make this term or this quarter. >> this is chris cuomo for "nightline." >> so let the student buyer beware. thanks to chris for that report. >> here is jimmy kimmel with what is coming up next. jimmy? >>> tonight, will ferrell, manny pacquiao, music from good sharl lt, and we [ male announcer ] a

and luckily, i got in at university of texas, which is like there aren't, like, a lot of poor kids there a culture shock for me. i didn't really have any life skills at all. i mean, i knew--you know, you could drop me in a bad neighborhood and i could survive, but i didn't know what to do in a college town. so i ended up getting married pretty young, i guess, is the easiest way to explain it. i ended up getting pregnant really young, and then getting married right after that. so i was 19-20, but i was like, "oh my god, "i'm a teen pregnancy just like every other woman in my family." i totally saw everybody's face go, "aw, damn. i knew it was too good to be true." and that kind of hurt. like i was going to prove that my family was worth something. i was going to prove that our neighborhood was awesome. and i was going to prove that the non-profit's mission was working. it's like i didn't even feel bad for myself. i felt guilty for everyone else. you know, i got like a 1.99999 grade point average. and then they were like, "well, we have to take your money away, sorry." i think i had a baby

texas, bull lets afterren stray across the border, hitting buildings downtown. but the violence has spilled over as well. most esuriently, tw recently ts attending the university of texas in elpass sew were killed outside their home in juarez. both students were living with family there. >> the families are not cooperating with us because they are afraid. >> according to the d.a., this seemingly random murder is why 150,000 have fled the city alone. >> this city used to be a city where everybody came from other places of mexico. we had a lot of jobs here. we have very nice city here but everythingyears guy everybody started to change from the running gun battle interfered with the drug trade. drug gangs now resort to kidnapping, prostitutio prostid extortion to finance the battle, sometimes using hit men in their teens. >> we have people here that they are going to kill people for 100 pesos. >> we have very young people, 14 to 15 years that they won with. they think that is the way to live. >> the police are targeted. when we approached they ran up to our car with guns drawn not sure if we were there to ambush them so they are very much on alert. >> local tele

southern storm, cher man's march to the sea, steven woodworth is a history professor at texas christian university and john moeser writes on history and the secret mission to avenge pearl harbor. for more information visit archives.gov. up next, booktv went to a recently published book third world america, politicians abandoning the middle class and destroying the dream. it's hosted at a prief of private -- private residence in washington, d.c., and the program runs just over 30 minutes. >> how are you? >> you don't even -- >> [inaudible] i have to warn everybody. >> she was doing all the stuff, and you didn't know it. [inaudible conversations] >> no, but i think you need to warn people. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. >> you can wear a sign around your neck saying i'm wired and be careful. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you very much. >> what things are you doing to promote the book? >> i have been around the country, and on behalf of the third world and i have been sharing stories of overcoming obstacles and -- [inaudible] >> i want to talk about the elections and we're less than a month away. th

stephen woodworth is a history professor at texas christian university. john mosier writes on military history. donald davis is the author of lightning strike, the secret mission to kill admiral yamamoto and avenge pearl harbor. for more information, visit archive.gov. >> up next, but to be attended a reception for arianna puffing 10 for her recently published book, "third world america: how our politicians are abandoning the middle class and destroying the american dream" the party is hosted at a private residence in washington d.c. on the program runs just over 30 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> how are you? >> time dylan ratigan. >> i have to warn everybody. >> she was doing all this stuff. >> is a lifestyle. >> but i think you almost have to warn people. >> you could wear a sign around your neck. because i'm wired and be careful because i'll put it on the front of the "huffington post." >> you are greek. >> yeah. >> thank you very much. >> i've been around the country and the "huffington post" has third world a fax. i've been telling those stori

a professor at the university of texas and a bush biographer, what did you make of interview he had withalking about these memoirs? >> i think that bush is out on a campaign, frankly to burnish his legacy. that doesn't make him very distinct from other presidents into the pejorative. i think a lot of folks sometimes view george w. bush as a guy who is so in the moment doesn't think in a panoramic way or landscape way about future generations and how they might view him. i think he is clearly out in a campaign now to begin maybe doing his version of a little revisionist history, trying to protect his legacy and burnish it. >> interesting the way he tackles some of the most controversial issues of his administration. for instance, on interrogation. let me play what he said. >> let's talk about waterboarding. >> okay. >> one of the high-valued al qaeda operatives was khalid shaikh mohammed, chief operating officer that ordered the attack on 9/11. they say he has got information. i said find out what he knows. so i said to our team, are the techniques legal and legal team says yes they are a

. >> reporter: every sunday afternoon, students at the university of texas at austin gather to enjoyhere players compete on broomsticks that fly. but these competitors play a bit differently. the way muggles would. >> muggels are just regular people, not wizards or witches. >> just people that don't know magic. >> reporter: a lack of magic hasn't stopped the sport from growing. modeled after j.k. rowling's popular series. this weekend the fourth annual quiddich world cup will be held in new york city. >> no matter who you are everybody's heard about it or knows it or reads it. this is a great way to take the fantasy world into the physical. >> reporter: that fantasy world is what drove matthew drake to start a team at the university of massachusetts two years ago. after completing his undergrad there, he came to texas and helped launch four different quiddich teams based on the houses of harry potter. >> running around with a broom between your legs, basically acting like a 5-year-old. there's not much other sports like that where you can really bring out your inner kid. >> reporter:

ramer of the university of texas medical branch. christie, bay area council, stephanie, sunshine center, unitedway, anna. caroline of gulf coast center, joe of gulf coast interface. cindy and a very strong worker in mrs. camp who worked throughout the area with people who could find no way themselves. and so this money will come and help those who are in need of these dollars post haste. it extends the deadline to september 30, 2011. the bill does not appropriate new funds and as you well know they've extended this in the years past with katrina and are aity -- rita. it's a terrible shame to say that people who need help are those who are costing us money. today, mr. speaker, they're not costing us money, we're helping those who are hardworking americans. i'm delighted to be able to support this legislation. i ask my colleagues to do it. never forget, we have the role of being the good samaritan. if you were in need, you would want help. i yield back and ask my colleagues to support this legislation. the speaker pro tempore: the gen

we have set up some programs modeled after the university of texas and others where we are trying to give court teachers in the math and science areas -- core features in math and science areas. almost 90% of physical science teachers have certification to teach physical sciences or a degree in that area. it is difficult to teach the subject were you do not have that core knowledge. in terms of funding, you'll not see much help from the federal government. if we continue our funding within the national science foundation and to some extent within the department of education, to a least help teachers during those -- in the summer to get their competency up, unless it is done away with, we set up some scholarship programs for those students -- for those teachers going to math and science who agree to teach for five years. there have been something set up in the area of core confidence within the stem area. >> i think it would be constructive if they would revisit some of the mandates from notes shot left behind. -- from notes child left behind -- no child left behind. >> we need to giv

before that, jim was the dean of the lbj school come university of texas, austin, service and our government and he and i have a good info -- fortune of serving together with advisor of the united states. and showed his commitment to american values and american principles and american operations. by helping us get to the very difficult challenges in the balkans. with jim's commitment to this set of u.s. interest, we are so pleased he is back now serving again in the united states of america state department. so jim, we thank you for your service and we offer you the floor. and i give you a welcome from the world affairs councils of america. [applause] >> good morning, everybody. and thank you for having me here. it's a personal privilege and pleasure to be introduced by mark who is one of the great public service of our time. >> we've had a chance to work together through periods during the clinton administration both when i served at the state department or secretary christopher, and when he moved over to the white house. mark may take the deputy has an important job at i would take the un

texas won the game. stanford is great, 11-1. the greatest season in the history of the university.hey have a 50,000 seat stadium, only drew 38,000 saturday night. that could effect their bowl business there. they could end up in ors or maybe the orp bowl. their coach, sports illustrator writer said he and john are the two guys right now being ticketed by the 49ers if they get rid of mike singletary. they will await their bowl game fate. wan uribe no longer a giant. $21million, all he has to do is pashis physical. one of the great giants during the post season run. in the clutch he was right on time but 21 million, over three years, i don't care about anything else, i will go there and the giants, each player, $317,000 for winning the we see. trainer 300 -- win

but he was a student at the university of texas at the time.the price as we speak. and speaking of palin, she's going on the road, she's hitting the road, she's going to be selling her new book. she did so well with "going rogue"-her new book is called america by heart. she'll be heading on a tour of 13 states in 11 days. two of those states are alaska and south carolina, of course which is fueling the whole idea will she be running for president. when you wrote your book, which got great reviews, did you go to south carolina, new hampshire, iowa? >> no. >> you didn't? if you had, perhaps right now i'd be sitting on the other end of the camera talking about how ali velshi might be running for president. >> that's right. i'm not nearly as careful about my agendas and where i go. they seem more happen stance with me. speaking about alaska and sarah palin, where are we in the recount? not the recount. the count. >> still on going between lisa murkowski who is the republican who lost the incumbent who lost to joe miller, the are republican nominee

please explain your socks. >> my football team, texas christian university, is doing pretty good.ght i would wear purple socks until we find out how the team does. i am calling for alabama to beat auburn. >> some athletes do not change their socks. i assume you have more than one pair. >> i do. >> if tcu does not get to play for the championship, does that become a political issue? >> do away with the bcs. i hate it. i've already done a piece on that. everyone should know that i am not biased about it. know that. >> not on that question. candy, who are you looking at for the republican nomination in 2012? i know we need to take a break, president of politics, so maybe not this weekend. the first sunday in december, that is enough of a break before we can get to presidential politics. who do you want to have on your show? >> the obvious suspects like mitt romney, but i think you need to look at thune. he is interesting. i think he is interesting. i know chris christi -- >> i don't think in two years they are going to do the same thing that the democrats did it with rubio having to

bush presidential center, and the beautiful campus of southern methodist university of dallas, texas.ends, supporters and the bush-cheney alumni. [cheers and applause] >> i would also like to send a word of welcome to several hundred names of the smu community who are watching down the block at must do them all, as well as, as well as supporters from around the world who are participating by live website. today's celebration represents a culmination of a lot of planning and hard work by literally thousands of individuals. it began with a library selection committee, whose efforts led to our partnership with smu and this incredible piece of property. the design committee, chaired by mrs. laura bush, created a plan for a beautiful and allegan and forward-looking building and grounds that will come from it is campus. the foundation board has overseen the establishment and development of the bush center and its many components. the institute advisory board members provided counsel resulting in the launch of several initiatives and hiring of distinguished fellows. and the national finance

texas fights back. concerned parents, teachers and experts met for an anti- bullying summit at the university of houston. they discussed ways to tackle the growing bullying problems and implement them in texas schools. the message is that the first line of defense is the students themselves. >> those that are here are clearly committed and the one thing i've learned in this work is that if you can impact just one person, one child that might not take their life as a result of this work, it's worthwhile. >> bullying has become a major issue in the wake of a recent rash of teen suicides linked to bullying and cyber bullying. >>> more anger over the tsa's full body scanners popping up at more airports across the country and what happens if someone refuses to go through the body scanner machine and refuses a patdown offered as an alternative? fox's jenny hammel spoke with a man who refused and he managed to get an audio recording of the whole thing. >> we're spending inordinate amounts of money on security that isn't necessary and arguably doesn't work. i didn't intend to go through mountain or be groped. >

seen an executive professor of the george bush school of government and public surface at texas a&m university, ambassador crocker has always found time to visit councils around the country, addressing many of you here today. so not only do we appreciate your outstanding service to our country, we are also very grateful to your service or organization. thank you. clark at [applause] general odierno is also no stranger to making hard choices and going to hard places having recently returned from serving as commanding general of multinational forces in iraq and taking on the relatively calm her position, we hope, as commander of joint forces in hampton roads, virginia. we hope that you too will soon become part of the world affairs council family, beginning of course with your home council at hampton roads, virginia. and you can take that either is an imitation or warning. so please join me now and giving our illustrious panel a very warm welcome. [applause] >> is the son? thank you very much. i just wanted to also go en banc general odierno to safety with that is a great honor. you'll notice al

dean and executive professor of the george bush school of government and public service at texas a&m university, he has always found time to visit councils around the country, in addressing many of you here today. we not only appreciate your outstanding service to our country. we're also very grateful for your service to our organization. thank you. [applause] general odierno is also no stranger to making hard choices and going to hard places, having recently returned from serving as commanding general of multinational forces in iraq and taking on the relatively calmer position as the commander of joint forces in virginia. we hope that you will also become part of the world affairs council family, beginning with your home council in hampton roads, va. you can take that either as an invitation or a warning. please join me in giving our illustrious penalty very warm welcome. [applause] >> i appreciate it. am i on? thank you very much. ria ined to join mali thanking them for their service to the united states in america. sitting here with them is a great honor for me. general odierno has a meeting

bush presidential center, and the beautiful campus of southern methodist university of dallas, texas.nds, supporters and the bush-cheney alumni. [cheers and applause] >> i would also like to send a word of welcome to several hundred names of the smu community who are watching down the block at must do them all, as well as, as well as supporters from around the world who are participating by live website. today's celebration represents a culmination of a lot of planning and hard work by literally thousands of individuals. it began with a library selection committee, whose efforts led to our partnership with smu and this incredible piece of property. the design committee, chaired by mrs. laura bush, created a plan for a beauful and allegan and forward-looking building and grounds that will come from it is campus. the foundation board has overseen the establishment and development of the bush center and its many components. the institute advisory board members provided counsel resulting in the launch of several initiatives and hiring of distinguished fellows. and the national finance com

yet the vyshinsky, a historian at the university of texas some what can densely but relatively accuratelyescribes what the argument is. fascism was a phenomenon of the raft. hitler was objectively defined. woodrow wilson was aware of the fascist dictator. he describes all that. then he says goldberg becomes less persuasive when he gets to fdr. well, some hundred and 30 pages and. at that point it's really just commentary. there was not a single substance of a bottle in any of my argument. the first hundred and 30 pages of the book. the new republic review was basically a hissy fit. the "washington post," if memory serves, was sort of equally insubstantial. it took two years for the history news network which is an online enterprise to really come after a. it was organized. at first did not invite anybody who liked the book. and it was a huge relief to me. one of the people who attacked the book was robert paxton who is the dean of. i found all of his criticisms, the vast majority were factually inaccurate or characterized things that he just misread. you read these reviews and realize, ma

yet the vyshinsky, a historian at the university of texas some what can densely but relatively accuratelyscribes what the argument is. fascism was a phenomenon of the raft. hitler was objectively defined. woodrow wilson was aware of the fascist dictator. he describes all that. then he says goldberg becomes less persuasive when he gets to fdr. well, some hundred and 30 pages and. at that point it's really just commentary. there was not a single substance of a bottle in any of my argument. the first hundred and 30 pages of the book. the new republic review was basically a hissy fit. the "washington post," if memory serves, was sort of equally insubstantial. it took two years for the history news network which is an online enterprise to really come after a. it was organized. at first did not invite anybody who liked the book. and it was a huge relief to me. one of the people who attacked the book was robert paxton who is the dean of. i found all of his criticisms, the vast majority were factually inaccurate or characterized things that he just misread. you read these reviews and realize, man